Vulcan

(2015 - 2016)

With a little over three weeks before the opening of the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, Aston Martin released a brief 21 second video totally not giving a single glimpse of the most extreme car that they have ever created. This track only hypercar known by the codename 'Vulcan', has heralded the first new 'V' name from the factory since the 2001 launch of the V12 Vanquish. One must presume that the name refers to the famous British 'V-bomber', the Avro Vulcan and remember that during the Cold War, Gaydon was a V-bomber base for the RAF. Without any doubt the Vulcan will take on the mantle left by the One-77 as the halo car of the range.

Vulcan

The Vulcan is described by the company as ‘the most extreme Aston Martin in our 102-year history’ which means that the power output has even eclipsed the 750 bhp of the 7.3 litre One-77, somewhere around 800 bhp. As it’s been solely built for the track, the car is in direct competition to such machines as the McLaren’s P1 GTR and Ferrari’s FXX-K. And also like these cars, it is taken for granted that the purchase price will include exclusive opportunities to sample the car at race tracks around the globe together with a team to set up both car and driver.

No exact price has been given but it will be in the region of £1.5 million plus local taxes but it’s a given that production will be severely limited to only 24 examples.

As the Vulcan is entirely carbon fibre, I think that it is safe to assume the starting point for the car has been the One-77.

We will get a first proper look as the Vulcan will debut at Geneva on the 3rd March 2015.